Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 7, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Saturday, February 7, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 34–22.
Goals came from Brian Holzinger, Jason Woolley, Shayne Corson, Mike Wilson and Alexei Zhitnik.
Dominik Hasek made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Holzinger (11)Derek Plante (17)1–007:15 BUF ·
2nd period
Jason Woolley (6)Jason Dawe (15)2–005:24 BUF
Shayne Corson (17)Vladimir Malakhov (20), Mark Recchi (31)2–114:31 MTL ·
3rd period
Mike Wilson (4)Jason Dawe (16)3–100:34 BUF
Alexei Zhitnik (7)Unassisted4–119:22 BUF · ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2234
37%63%
0/41/6
1410
1010
136
714
63
Penalties
- 1:22 into the first period
Jay McKee · tripping obstruction2 min - 6:12 into the first periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 10:28 into the first period
Craig Rivet · holding2 min - 11:45 into the first periodJay McKee · elbowing2 min
- 9:30 into the second periodCurtis Brown · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:19 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · holding2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodDonald Audette · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:33 into the third periodPatrice Brisebois · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:54 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 13:54 into the third periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 13:54 into the third periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
- 18:45 into the third periodMichael Peca · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 26:38 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 26:58 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:16 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:41 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 27:38 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | 22:15 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 7 | 20:13 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:22 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:36 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:38 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:10 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |